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A Mobile Game To Support Smoking Cessation: Prototype Assessment, Bethany Raiff
A Mobile Game To Support Smoking Cessation: Prototype Assessment, Bethany Raiff
Faculty Scholarship for the College of Science & Mathematics
Background: Cigarette smoking results in an estimated seven million deaths annually. Almost half of all smokers attempt to quit each year, yet only approximately 6% are successful. Although there are multiple effective interventions that can increase these odds, substantial room remains for improvement. One effective approach to helping smokers quit is contingency management, where quitting is incentivized with the delivery of monetary rewards in exchange for objective evidence (e.g., exhaled carbon monoxide levels) of abstinence.
Objective: We assessed the feasibility and promise of Inspired, a contingency management mobile app for smoking cessation that uses game-based rewards to …